broad-minded; unconventional; free and easy
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
broad-minded and unconventional; free from rigid social conventions; untrammeled by trivialities
literaryA literary term describing a person who is open-minded, free-spirited, and not constrained by minor social etiquette or rigid conventions. Also written as 通侻.
Tā他
wéi为
rén人
tōng通
tuō脱
，
cóng从
bù不
jì计
jiào较
zhè这
xiē些
suǒ琐
suì碎
de的
lǐ礼
jié节
。
He is broad-minded and unconventional, never fussing over such trivial formalities.
Zhè这
wèi位
shī诗
rén人
xìng性
gé格
tōng通
tuō脱
，
qí其
shī诗
fēng风
yì亦
xiāo潇
sǎ洒
zì自
rú如
。
This poet has a free and easy temperament, and his poetic style is likewise natural and unrestrained.
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Wèi魏
Jìn晋
míng名
shì士
duō多
yǐ以
tōng通
tuō脱
zì自
xǔ许
，
bù不
jū拘
lǐ礼
fǎ法
。
The famous scholars of the Wei and Jin dynasties often prided themselves on being unconventional and unrestrained by rigid etiquette.